Do You Know How Hard It Is To Find A Halloween Costume For A Pre-Teen Girl With A Teen Body?

My beautiful Anna has decided that she wants to be a Tiger for Halloween. Her friends are dressing up, and she wants to as well, especially since one of them is hosting an open-house for her classmates on Halloween night.

So I began the great costume hunt, which is a real challenge this year. First of all, Anna is tall for her age, and second, she's developed all these bumps and curves now that put her firmly into "adult size" costumes.

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Do you know what happens when you search "Tiger Costume - Adult"? You either get skin-tight spandex bodysuits or low-cut, half-shirt and miniskirt combos with cute little ears that look like she should be carrying an accompanying pole to swing around. Please! She's only twelve, even if she does have the body of a twenty year old.

It's times like this that I really wish I'd learned to sew. We finally compromised by buying ears and a tail and she's wearing her own clothes and attaching. Add in some great face makeup (now that, I can do) and we've got an appropriately fun costume that doesn't make me want to lock her in a tower.

Why aren't there more fun costumes for older girls and women? Especially in a single-mom price range? Stuff like this is getting just plain ridiculous, don't you think?